{"podcast":{"title":"True Spies: Espionage | Investigation | Crime | Murder | Detective | Politics","slug":"true-spies-espionage-investigation-crime-murder-detective-politics-364993","podcast_index_feed_id":364993,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/truespies","website_url":"https://spyscape.com/podcasts","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/261d06e2-808a-11ea-a89f-1ff66058fb03/image/True_Spies_Image__BIG_.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"SPYSCAPE","episode_count":337,"summary":"True Spies takes you inside the world's greatest espionage and detective operations. Our hosts Hayley Atwell, Vanessa Kirby, Sophia Di Martino, Daisy Ridley and Rhiannon Neads talk to the real spies behind the missions. What do they know? What are their skills? And what would you do in their position? We explore and investigate real life thrillers, mysteries and crimes - stories that prove truth is stranger than fiction! These stories cover lies, murder, theft, sex, drugs and rock ‘n roll. You’ll meet experts from the top intelligence agencies including FBI, CIA, MI5, MI6 (SIS), KGB, GRU, Mossad and many others. You’ll discover characters who spied because of money, ideology, coercion or just plain old ego. And, if you’d like to dig deeper into the world of secrets, and test your own secret intelligence skills, head over to spyscape.com for articles, games, experiences, puzzles and videos. For episodes first and ad-free, subscribe to Spyscape+ at: plus.Spyscape.com A Cup & Nuzzle production. Series producers: Gemma Newby, Joe Foley. Music: Nick Ryan.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-02T16:20:01.220930+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/true-spies-espionage-investigation-crime-murder-detective-politics-364993"},"episode":{"title":"Brief Histories: Spy Cities - Beijing","slug":"brief-histories-spy-cities-beijing","published_at":"2026-05-27T23:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/true-spies-espionage-investigation-crime-murder-detective-politics-364993/brief-histories-spy-cities-beijing","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/true-spies-espionage-investigation-crime-murder-detective-politics-364993","url":"https://pdst.fm/e/rss.pdrl.fm/1e0936/tracking.swap.fm/track/YfZO4tERxneauNcW9Fgn/mgln.ai/e/211/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML3413010644.mp3","audio_url":"https://pdst.fm/e/rss.pdrl.fm/1e0936/tracking.swap.fm/track/YfZO4tERxneauNcW9Fgn/mgln.ai/e/211/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML3413010644.mp3","summary":"Content Warning: This episode contains references to torture and mutilation. In the second season of Brief Histories, True Spies producer Joe Foley is your guide to the shadowy side of the world's Espionage capitals. In Beijing, we'll learn about the Eunuch who became the most powerful man in China, a brazen Cold War deception, bold investigative journalism and the heartbreaking tale of a captured CIA officer behind the Bamboo Curtain. From SPYSCAPE, the home of secrets and skills. A Cup And Nuzzle production. Series producer: Joe Foley. Producer: Albert Genower. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices","meta_description":"Content Warning: This episode contains references to torture and mutilation. In the second season of Brief Histories, True Spies producer Joe Foley is you…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2157,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/true-spies-espionage-investigation-crime-murder-detective-politics-364993/episodes/brief-histories-spy-cities-beijing/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/true-spies-espionage-investigation-crime-murder-detective-politics-364993/brief-histories-spy-cities-beijing.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}